Strawberry Buttermilk Sprinkle Donuts.
If there was ever a bandwagon to be on…
…this is it.
How many donuts are in your instagram feed right now? Go count! I’ll wait.
Okay okay, apparently it’s National Do(ugh)nut Day. It’s really a thing.
I had no idea. I’m so glad I spent a large portion of my days earlier this weeks stuck in the instagram vortex black hole instead of doing all the work I’m supposed to be doing. The internet wins for telling me things.
And I usually do-nut participate in the food holidays because ummmm I’d be doing it every dang day. Everyday is a ridic holiday.
Sorry for the do-nut ing.
But. It’s me. It’s donuts. How could I not?
Wait – but guys. Do you remember when I didn’t like donuts? I specifically did NOT like the little rounds of love. Like I remember it – but in my mind I have no idea how that was even a real thing. I seriously could have cared less about donuts for most of my life. Then something happened two or three years ago (I think this was a Tuesday Things topic many, many times back in the day) and there it was: donut infatuation.
No clue when or how or why it started but it did and I’m not hating it.
Except for every single day of my life when I’m tempted to go through a Dunkin’ Donuts drive thru.
Now THAT is something that should not exist.
So I have good news and bad news.
The bad news: these are not funfetti donuts.
The good news: they have sprinkles in them.
I guess we could kiiiiiind of say that they are funfetti-ish, after all they are extremely vanilla cake-like and wonderful. But my intent was not funfetti. It was just… sprinkles.
Because I am forever 13 years old. I’m a child.
Wait. Can I call myself a child when I have a child?
UH.
This is sort of like a Lisa Frank donut! Right?! Can we say that? Can we call her up and have her put it on a notebook or a folder or wrap it around a sharpened pencil? I’d buy the entire collection.
I know. I know I’m usually a total snob about donuts, only wanting real fried ones.
It’s true.
But remember back in the fall when I made these pistachio chocolate fudge donuts? OOOH. They were the things that dreams (and pistachios) are made of. I changed my tune a bit on the baked version, meaning that since I have a little dude bee-bopping around my kitchen (actually he just sits in a bouncy seat, I’m being dramatic), a gigantic pot of fried oil isn’t always high on my list. I have done it once since December, but if I’m being real? Not hating on the baked version for the time being.
Oh also, the entire time I was making these, I was certain that I had made them before. It was complete deja vu. I really thought I was losing my mind, like more so than I already think I am losing my mind everyday. And then. I remembered that I made these scones, which are pretty much this donut’s counterpart. Twinsies.
Hint: the donuts are so much better. Such is life.
This glaze is dreamy. The freshest of the freshest strawberries. Last night, Eddie fell asleep on the floor of the family room. I tried to wake him up, I swear I did (maybe… the idea of a large bed to myself for a few hours was enticing) but he wouldn’t budge. I heard him wake up downstairs about 30 minutes later and he was rather… quiet? Before making it up the steps. When he finally appeared in the doorway, he goes “I just ate all the donuts.”
Oh. Okay. And then, “you just don’t expect that glaze to be so fresh!”
I knoooooow. I get it.
Are you celebrating this wacky (and totally necessary) holiday? If you’re doing so at home, puhhhhlease make these crunchy kettle chip topped chocolate donuts. Or these chocolate frosted cake donuts. Or these PEANUT BUTTER CREAM stuffed chocolate donuts.
Yes. I said peanut butter cream. Totally worthy of shouting, obviously.
One more time though. The sprinkles down there? Don’t you just die? I just die.
Strawberry Buttermilk Sprinkle Donuts
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup cake flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste, or 2 teaspoons extract
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup confetti sprinkles
strawberry glaze
- 1 cup sliced strawberries
- 2 to 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup multicolored sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray your donut pan with nonstick spray.
- In a bowl, whisk together the flours, baking powder and salt.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the butter and sugar until combined. Add in the dry ingredients and the eggs, mixing until the batter is just combined. Whisk in the vanilla paste, then stir in the buttermilk until the batter is smooth. Gently fold in the sprinkles. Use a spoon and add the batter to the donut pan until each mold is about 3/4 of the way full. Bake the donuts for 13 to 15 minutes, until they are set and slightly golden. Remove and let cool. Once they are cool, dip each donut in the glaze and cover in sprinkles. Serve immediately.
strawberry glaze
- Add the berries to a food processor and blend until completely pureed. If you don’t want the strawberry seeds in the glaze, you can press this puree through a fine mesh sieve. I don’t mind the seeds! Transfer the strawberry puree to a bowl and stir in the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time. Depending on how much water content you strawberries have, the full amount of sugar you need may differ. You want the glaze to be sticky and stay on the top of the donut without being too liquidy. If after 3 cups of sugar it’s still too thin, add more sugar 1/2 cup at a time and stir well. If it ever gets too thick, add in buttermilk 1 teaspoon at a time and stir.
- Cover the glazed donuts with the sprinkles and serve.
Notes
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58 Comments on “Strawberry Buttermilk Sprinkle Donuts.”
Yum! These donuts look absolutely incredible and I love that they are made with real strawberries!
I mean, that makes them good for you….riiiiiight?
Anyhow, I owe the wife an apology. She paid $6 bucks for a container of buttermilk at the grocery store and I told her that she’d never use it and end up throwing it out. And then I see these donuts use buttermilk. And really nice Lisa Frank Sprinkles. Shoot, I’m in trouble. Ok, so I’m whipped.
I have the exact same experience with donuts, I used to not get why people loved them at all. I remember going to donut places with friends, buying one and thinking “I’d rather have cake”. But a few weeks ago I had one and it was heavenly. Been craving them ever since. These look so amazing, I love strawberries!
So glad you decided to celebrate this food holiday. I mean, donuts, pink AND sprinkles. I’m dead. XO
GAH! How did I not know that it’s national Doughnut day?!! I definitely want to celebrate with 11 of these Lisa Frank donuts. I mean, she was the definition of my teenage years, so it’s only necessary. Pinned!
These are so funnnnnnn. And I love Eddie, for saying that haha!
Donuts AND strawberries AND sprinkles?! It’s like you read my deepest darkest desires that I didn’t know I had! I especially love the fact these are made with real strawberries, I have this kind of ridiculous dislike for ‘fruit flavoured’ things that don’t have actual fruit in them. But then you got to the sprinkles bit, and I full on, crazy-fan-meeting-Taylor-Swift ‘LITERALLY’ died dead ;) Now, where to find the donut maker that an ex-boyfriend bought me years ago that I’ve never used…
HAHA yes – love the Lisa Frank reference. Totally fitting for these donuts. Best recipe for today’s food holiday!
Oh god, I DIE!! I’m straight crazy for doughnuts right now … and the fact that these 1) are baked and 2) have fruits in them …. not only am I winning, but I’m pretty much eating a granola bar … right?
YES to National Doughnut Day! I love that these are baked and not fried too…a lot easier to make and get in my mouth :)
Jessica these are the CUTEST doughnuts ever!!!
Can’t the donut get any tastier? Love it!!!! Thanks for the recipe <3
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Was I just donut shamed?
Hahahah I love Eddie’s comment about the donuts!!! #sofresh … which makes me think of Bridesmaids. “Sh*t that’s fresh!” hehehe
Yep, I definitely want to be on this bandwagon! What a fabulous donut!!! Too freaking pretty.
GAH! These look SO GOOD. Can’t even wait to make these. Must make now.
I’m with you on skipping the pot of fried oil – with a 1 year old and 4 year old in my kitchen with me that’s a scary thought. These look just as good (dare I say better?) than a fried donut anyway!
I work with my sister-in-law and yesterday she brought in donuts from the bestbest place around and so naturally, I had to break my junk food embargo and have one. I mean, she brought me a Boston Creme. When I went home and was confessing to my bf, I explained extensively how Neil’s Donuts are AMAZING and DD completely suck by comparison. So I get to work this morning and she’s brought my another Boston Creme, this time from Dunkin. Gah. I still want to eat it. And I want that strawberry one. I want all the donuts.
I didn’t want to be cliche and bring donuts to work today but someone else did…and I was, secretly, glad. ;)
These look delicious… fresh strawberries are my life right now. I usually eye-roll when I hear about another food holiday (because there is one EVERY DAY it seems) but today’s is actually a good one. It was started by the Salvation Army to recognize men and women who would serve doughnuts to troops during WWI! Apparently there is another doughnut day in the fall that just celebrates the doughnut itself. Fun fact. :) Aaaand I need a donut now.
Hahaha do-nut I’m still laughing.
These look amazing. And there is a surprising LACK of doughnut photos in my instagram feed. I guess that’s what happens when all of your friends are yoga-friends. ugh. I posted one! #doughnutsforthewin
Also, YES lisa frank. Bring her back and start with the doughnuts!
Your fun personality shines through everything you do! My five year old daughter would go crazy over these!
Yesss I need these everyday! Strawberry perfection! That glaze sounds ah-may-zing!
…………….so, Charlotte and I are driving home from dropping the teenager off at high school and on the radio we heard it’s National Do-nut Day, so on the way home we always pass Dunkin Donuts and I don’t really eat them ,but Charlotte asked for one and before I know it …..I’m ordering Me a Croissant Do-nut……
How do they make them??? You have to to make them or eat a dozen, because it was so GOOD! I’d love to see what you could make with your incredible twist on food. Now I have to drive another way home on Thursdays!
I am totally celebrating and I meant to try baked donuts for edges, I am a sucker for pink and sprinkles and fresh strawberries so this donuts are going to appear really soon in my kitchen!
I love the ease of baked donuts AND have been wanting a strawberry glaze, so thank you!! As for your sprinkles, where do you get them? They’re prettier than my stores offer.
Wow! If I could be lured away these would be my bait…
These look SO good, and they seem pretty easy to make! Will have to give these a shot next time I’ve got some nice strawberries on me!
I totally want to faceplant these too!! Loving these and they’re pink so automatically they are so adorable. Bet they taste great!
Oh my gawd. These are totally Lisa Frank doughnuts and I LOVE them! <3
These are the prettiest donuts I’ve ever seen! Need to get a donut pan asap to make these!
Those donuts look absolutely amazing! I love how fresh they are!
I just shared my Momofoku Confetti cake with sprinkles! I hope you check it out!
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GIRL. I couldn’t be swooning any harder if I tried. For heaven’s sake. I’m dying over here.
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Your Lisa Frank wish was granted! :)
I love Lisa Frank. I have since I was in grade school. Is it a problem that I’m 33 now and follow Lisa Frank on facebook?
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These looks amazing. My kids will be begging me to make these for them so I better hide the recipe until I am all set to bake!
I want to get on this bandwagon! I like how the glaze is so pretty and natural!
Making these today! My girl is sick with a summer cold/ear infection, and it’s the warmest weather we’ve had yet so no swimming for her :(. And…I snagged 3 lbs of strawberries for $.99 each. This will cheer her up immediately-thank you!
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These donuts are incredible.I will try these
Thanks
Your Recipes Are amazing, Eager to try it at home. Thanks for sharing it.
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